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Flowboard is seeking a “declaratory judgment of non-infringement of trademark rights” after Flipboard accused it of trademark infringement, according to GeekWire. Shortly after Flowboard, a Seattle-based startup that makes an iPad storytelling app, launched in April, representatives for Flipboard, a popular San Francisco-based digital social magazine, began contacting Flowboard accusing it of trademark infringement. “We tried

According to CBSSports.com, Johnny Manziel, the reigning Heisman winner, may have a trademark infringement dispute to thank for his current troubles with the NCAA. Back in January, eBay doled out two-week suspensions to anyone selling memorabilia that referenced Manziel’s nickname “Johnny Football” or that used the nickname in the description of memorabilia they were selling, even if

On June 19, the court in Bochum, Germany ruled in favor of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce in a trademark infringement lawsuit, according to Yahoo! Finance. The lawsuit involved the unauthorized use of the world famous Hollywood Sign and the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which are both the Chamber’s licensed trademark properties, by Mensing department store in

After losing a trademark infringement lawsuit, Microsoft will have to rename its SkyDrive cloud storage service, according to PCWorld. In 2011, U.K. broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) alleged that SkyDrive was infringing upon the “Sky” portion of its name in a lawsuit filed on its behalf in the English High Court. Microsoft was unable to defend the

A U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, California ruled in favor of World Marketing Inc.’s Visitor clothing line over surfwear giant Quicksilver’s VSTR apparel line in a trademark infringement suit, according to California Apparel News. Quicksilver was sentenced, after an eight-person jury found it guilty of infringing on World Marketing’s Visitor menswear label, to pay World Marketing